TURPIN, Gethen Roland
| Service Number: | 3513 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, Picardie, France, 2 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie Special Memorial to men whose graves were lost in this cemetery under subsequent shellfire |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3513, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3513, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3513, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3513, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3513, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3513 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3513 Private Gethen Roland Turpin, 10th Battalion. A labourer from Port Adelaide, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 27 October 1915 aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) for Egypt. On 26 February 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion which relocated to the Western Front, France, in June 1916. He was appointed Lance Corporal in late November 1916 and promoted to Corporal the following March. Cpl Turpin was killed in action near Noreuil on 2 April 1917. His grave and 81 others were destroyed by shellfire and his name is recorded on a special memorial in the Noreuil Australian Cemetery. He was aged 19 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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